Environmental Geotechnical Engineering
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The official GTU curriculum for Environmental Geotechnical Engineering (subject code ME01076051) as prescribed for GE · Semester 1 divides the course into 5 units, covering 15 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (ME01076051)Unit 1 Introduction & Soil-Contaminant Interaction
- Need of environmental geo-technology
- role of soil and its various phases in geo- environmental engineering
- Environmental cycles and their interaction -soil water environment interaction relation to geotechnical problems - pollution effect on soil behaviour and foundations -effect of bacteria - pore fluid on soil water behaviour -load factor versus environmental factor environmental technology and public concerns
- case studies
Unit 2 Site Selection & Disposal of Waste
- characterization of land fill sites – waste characterization – stability of landfills – current practice of waste disposal -criteria for geotechnical construction on sanitary landfills - liners – types and design - passive containment systems-leachate contamination- land fill gases and their properties
- landfill gas monitoring systems - application of geo-synthetics in solid waste management
Unit 3 Transport of Contaminants
- Contaminant transport in sub surface – advection – diffusion – dispersion – governing equations – contaminant transformation – sorption – biodegradation – ion exchange – precipitation – hydrological consideration in land fill design – ground water pollution – 08 20 4 bearing capacity of compacted fills – foundation for waste fill ground – Case studies
Unit 4 Impact of Environmental Issues
- Environmental effects caused by pile driving and their control -dynamic response of soil under environmental stress -contribution of environmental stress such as hazardous waste - acid rain
- tree cutting etc. to mechanism of landslides
Unit 5 Remediation Measures
- Remediation methods for soil and groundwater – selection and planning of remediation methods
- bio – remediation
- soil washing
- electro kinetics
- soil heating
- – some examples of in-situ remediation
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